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Bill

Bill Report 14 Aug 2005 05:47

> He has been seriously mistranscribed, as William SKEEN All of the results below are from a simple Ancestry search using: First Name(s): William Last Name: Skeet Spelling: Exact Keyword(s): Saxmundham Country: England County: Suffolk Results were as follows: William Skeet, b. 1827, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England Source information: RG10/1759 Registration district: Woodbridge Sub-registration district: Woodbridge and Wilford ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Folio: 61 Page: 11 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 57 GSU Number: 830787 Source information: RG11/1882 Registration district: Woodbridge Sub-registration district: Woodbridge And Wilford ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Folio: 4 Page: 2 William Skeet, Saxmundham Suffolk History, Gazetteer, and Directory, 1844 (page) 160 Cheers, Bill Sydney, Australia

Merry

Merry Report 14 Aug 2005 09:06

Hello Debbie, ''He has been seriously mistranscribed, as William SKEEN (rather than SKEET)'' I must say your comment made me smile :o)) By Ancestry's standards this was really well transcribed - only one letter wrong lol Try my PIERCE family - transcribed as RELLPIENE in 1861 lol Merry

Heather

Heather Report 14 Aug 2005 10:39

Or my Horstead transcribd as Herstus.